Editing New Cold War

[[File:New Cold War.png|thumb|539x539px|Blue: [[NATO]] and allies (black stripes for [[Settler colonialism|settler-colonies]])

Red: [[Actually Existing Socialism|AES]] and allies

Green: [[CSTO]] and allies

Yellow: [[Axis of Resistance]]

Purple: Other [[Anti-imperialism|anti-imperialist]] states ]]
The '''Second Cold War''', or '''New Cold War''', is a term used to describe conflicts and international tension that are reminiscent of the first [[Cold War]], particularly those seen between [[NATO]] and the [[People's Republic of China]] and [[Russian Federation]], along with their respective allies.<ref>[https://monthlyreview.org/2021/07/01/the-new-cold-war-on-china/ The New Cold War on China] by the [[Monthly Review]]</ref><ref>{{News citation|title=The second Cold War is here — and supply chains will be the front lines|url=https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-second-cold-war-is-here-and-supply-chains-will-be-the-front-lines|newspaper=Freight Waves}}</ref> Less than 15% of the world population supports the New Cold War.<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Benjamin Norton]]|newspaper=[[Multipolarista]]|title=87% of world doesn’t support West’s new cold war on Russia|date=2022-09-21|url=https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/21/global-south-west-cold-war-russia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924041727/https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/21/global-south-west-cold-war-russia/|archive-date=2022-09-24|retrieved=2022-09-24}}</ref>

The diplomatic and economic confrontations between the Western and Sino-Russian blocs, especially after the [[2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict|2022 Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine]] began, have resulted in numerous commercial [[Economic sanctions|embargoes]], travel restrictions, and even discriminatory violence against people of Asian ethnicity abroad, which has been further encouraged by the [[reactionary]] [[bourgeois media]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/7_dIEZhdacc Daily Mail, The Times Both Repeat China "Dune" Poster Lies DAYS After Others Retracted False Claims] by [[The New Atlas]]</ref><ref>{{News citation|title=How to satisfy the US Empire: smear the left, demonize China|url=https://socialistchina.org/2022/01/14/how-to-satisfy-the-us-empire-smear-the-left-demonize-china/}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|journalist=Josh Campbell|title=Anti-Asian hate crimes surged in early 2021, study says|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/05/us/anti-asian-hate-crimes-study/index.html|newspaper=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|journalist=Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa|date=2022-03-16|title=CovertAction Bulletin Podcast: The Role of War Propaganda in Anti-Asian Violence|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/03/16/covertaction-bulletin-podcast-the-role-of-war-propaganda-in-anti-asian-violence/|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]}}</ref>

On 10 January, 2023 the United States House of Representatives established the '''[[United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party]]'''. The "Select Committee" comprised of not more than 16 Members appointed by the Speaker and 7 appointed in consultation with the minority leader, are tasked with advising on the “…status of the economic, technological, and security progress of the Chinese Communist Party and its competition with the United States.”<ref>{{Web citation|author=Kevin McCarthy|newspaper=[[United States Congress]]|title=H.Res.11 - Establishing the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.|date=2023-10-01|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/11|retrieved=2023-02-14|quote=The resolution authorizes the committee to investigate and submit policy recommendations concerning the status of the economic, technological, and security progress of the Chinese Communist Party and its competition with the United States.}}</ref> The development presents a further escalation of the New Cold War against China.

== Western-aligned bloc ==

=== North Atlantic Treaty Organization ===
{{Main article|North Atlantic Treaty Organization}}
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a [[United States of America]]-led [[Imperialism|imperialist]] [[military alliance]] that has been used as a weapon against [[socialism]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maqkl4fEQfs NATO is a tool of US imperialism that has backed Nazis for decades]</ref> NATO has been used as a weapon of war, resulting in the deaths of many millions.<ref>[https://www.mintpressnews.com/chris-hedges-nato-most-dangerous-military-alliance/281304/ CHRIS HEDGES: NATO — THE MOST DANGEROUS MILITARY ALLIANCE ON THE PLANET]</ref> NATO has continued to fund [[Ukraine]] and its various [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] organizations in their war against Russia.<ref>[https://mronline.org/2022/03/23/u-s-and-nato-allies-arm-neo-nazi-units-in-ukraine-as-foreign-policy-elites-yearn-for-afghan-style-insurgency/ U.S. and NATO allies arm neo-Nazi units in Ukraine as Foreign Policy elites yearn for Afghan-style insurgency]</ref>

=== Puppet governments ===

==== State of Japan ====
The [[Japan|State of Japan]] is a major puppet of the Western imperial core. While it was an enemy to [[the West]] in the past, Japan was turned into a weapon against socialism by the United States following the end of the [[Second World War]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPTnb2Z6ZJg Shinzo Abe's Assassination - Who Was He? - The US Japan Imperialist Alliance Post WWII]</ref>

==== Republic of Korea ====
The [[Republic of Korea]], also known as "South Korea", is a major U.S. puppet state.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puGzCZDUyqo The Truth About the Korean War]</ref> It is largely occupied by the United States and has been responsible for a US-sponsored [[genocide]].<ref>[https://xplk.medium.com/the-50-s-in-south-korea-what-happened-60f629ac3272 The secret genocide in South Korea you’ve probably never heard of]</ref>

==== Republic of China ====
The [[Republic of China]], colloquially known in the West as simply "Taiwan", is a [[Neoliberalism|Neoliberal]] remnant-government that is presently restricted in its control to [[Taiwan]] and its neighbouring islands. Because of the ROC's location near the [[Chinese mainland]], it has been of great geopolitical interest to the American Empire, and has supported the Republic of China both militarily and diplomatically.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Danny Haiphong|newspaper=[[Black Agenda Report]]|title=Taiwan Demonstrates that the American Empire is a Paper Tiger|date=2021-10-27|url=https://blackagendareport.com/taiwan-demonstrates-american-empire-paper-tiger}}</ref>

== Eastern-aligned blocs ==

=== Socialist states ===
{{Main article|Actually Existing Socialism}}

=== Collective Security Treaty Organization ===
{{Main article|Collective Security Treaty Organization}}

=== Axis of Resistance ===
{{Main article|Axis of Resistance}}

=== Other anti-imperialist states ===

== References ==
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[[Category:Cold War]]